BANSHO

Discover bansho

We are excited to introduce bansho.net, the first-ever platform dedicated exclusively to 板書(bansho).

Bansho is a Japanese term that refers to board writing and organisation.

What is bansho?

Bansho is more than just writing on a board; it is a deliberate and skilful approach to enhancing student learning by intentionally using board space.

Objective

Our objective is to establish a community hub for practitioners and researchers who have started implementing bansho and are interested in exploring bansho.

By doing so, we aim to make bansho more accessible and applicable in classrooms globally.

Why bansho?

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The decision to focus this Lesson Study on the organisation of the board during the neriage forced the team to work in the opposite way to the way we usually do. This reversal forced us to quickly clarify the objective of the lesson. A long discussion emerged from this focus on the emergence of different procedures to achieve the result rather than just obtaining the result.

School teachers from the Lesson Study Team

Lesson Study Team, Switzerland

Boardwork (bansho) and using the board to support both the planning, teaching of, and student work within lessons has supported teachers to clarify their thinking and their subsequent teaching.

JP Mynott

Teacher Educator, Scotland

One of the most crucial things I have learned through my lesson study experience is the significance and importance of boardwork.

Thinking about and planning board work had transformed the way that I think about teaching and planning for student learning.

Aubrey E. Perlee

School Teacher, USA

When I get stuck in planning my lesson, I sketch out what I want the board to look like at the end, and then I know what I want for the lesson.

Sharon Dotger

Teacher Educator, USA

BANSHO

Discover bansho

What is bansho?

Objective

Why bansho?

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